Calotropis procera (Aiton) Dryand. [ Asclepias gigantea Jacq.]

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ID illustration

212685

ID publication

4083

ID volume

5042

code scanning institute

BNC

scanning institute

Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia

URL volume

http://www.brill.com/nikolaus-joseph-jacquin-s-american-plants

ID species cited

96395

species cited

Asclepias gigantea Jacq.

ID basionym cited

96395

basionym cited

Asclepias gigantea Jacq.

ID species recognized

182480

species recognized

Calotropis procera (Aiton) Dryand.

ID basionym recognized

96674

basionym recognized

Asclepias procera Aiton

ID genus cited

1177

genus cited

Asclepias

ID genus recognized

16261

genus recognized

Calotropis

Calotropis procera (Aiton) Dryand. [38]

Asclepiadaceae - Asclepioideae - Asclepiadeae -

vernacular names

Calotropis R. Br. [68]

N.J. von Jacquin, Select. Stirp. Amer. Hist., ed. 1780-1781 [BNC]: p. 45, t. 88 (1839) [357]

epithet recognized species: procerus,-a,-um [193]

epithet cited species: giganteus,-a,-um [501]

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